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we are awaiting a major foreign policy address from mitt romney. scheduled to begin within just 20 minutes from now. with less than a month to go until the election, romney gives the speechit
we are awaiting a major foreign policy address from mitt romney. scheduled to begin within just 20 minutes from now. with less than a month to go until the election, romney gives the speechit
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domestic policy, on domestic policy the romney campaign is built around we're counting on the economy being bad, voters want to fire the president, here's the statistic that's terrible vote out the president. they are applying that, they have applied that to foreign policy. never bothered to sit down and lay out a comprehensive and coherent foreign policy vision. what he's done, the krilts sism of obama he reacts to event bs, what romney does is react to obama's reaction to events. whatever obama's posture is he tries to maneuver into a position to say obama is weak, obama is jimmy carter about because when you're the republican it's 1979 the democratic president is always jimmy carter. the perfect example how he handled libya. when the libya thing started a year and a half ago, the first response from mitt romney, when obama agreed to the mission, the first response from mitt romney was, too late, and this isn't enough. he criticized him. weaknessp. he wouldn't address it. ducking reporters. then he starts warning couple months later, this mission, this is too broad. now mission cree
domestic policy, on domestic policy the romney campaign is built around we're counting on the economy being bad, voters want to fire the president, here's the statistic that's terrible vote out the president. they are applying that, they have applied that to foreign policy. never bothered to sit down and lay out a comprehensive and coherent foreign policy vision. what he's done, the krilts sism of obama he reacts to event bs, what romney does is react to obama's reaction to events. whatever...
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they say governor romney was weak and did not have a game to bring on foreign policy. are we simply at the point no matter what happened at that debate last night, you have the pundits and writers who have their story line and point of view, and that's what we see for the next 14 days? >> i think there's really something to that. everybody is pretty dug in right now. i think what you saw with governor romney last night was very strategic. he made a decision to go into that debate and not make waves, not have a fight with barack obama, not have a fight with bob schieffer. he's leading in the polls right now. he wants to run out the clock a little bit. so he was not going to get -- he was not going to make any kind of a mistake, and i think that's what you saw. he was also trying to appeal to those still little slices of swing voters out there that don't want to see a warmonger. >> in the first debate, the president low energy but nevertheless it was seen as a debate where he was hoping perhaps to stay above the fray, do no harm. at the time he was leading in many polls.
they say governor romney was weak and did not have a game to bring on foreign policy. are we simply at the point no matter what happened at that debate last night, you have the pundits and writers who have their story line and point of view, and that's what we see for the next 14 days? >> i think there's really something to that. everybody is pretty dug in right now. i think what you saw with governor romney last night was very strategic. he made a decision to go into that debate and not...
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but i want to talk to you about some specifics of romney's policies. but let me first start with you. do you believe mitt romney's succeeding in shedding the extreme positions that he took in the primaries? >> no. i think what we're learning is that etch-a-sketch is too much of a stretch. the disparity between what he's been saying and is now saying is so severe. and let's be clear. if you go back to 1994, this is a man absolutely without any observable political conviction except that he ought to be president. and now we've also gotten a notice in the debate a number of important public policy positions where his viewers, trust me, where is he proposing very substantial change but won't tell people what the nature of that change will be, i guess because he knows it to be unpopular. >> his tax plan still doesn't added a up. if you include his new $25,000 limit on deduction, tax cuts, 250,535, deduction savings, just 77,0 77,570, according to the tax policy center. all of those savings are still not enough to cover his tax cut. the math just doesn't add
but i want to talk to you about some specifics of romney's policies. but let me first start with you. do you believe mitt romney's succeeding in shedding the extreme positions that he took in the primaries? >> no. i think what we're learning is that etch-a-sketch is too much of a stretch. the disparity between what he's been saying and is now saying is so severe. and let's be clear. if you go back to 1994, this is a man absolutely without any observable political conviction except that he...
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romney lost the election, but i think he was right about the need to get tough with china. i think that would help up a lot. also, we should open up more offshore areas for drilling, produce more of our own oil, those kinds of things bring down the trade deficit a lot and create the ability to deal with our deficit more reasonably and still provide for people in a more reasonable way. >> so, jared, another area of concern is republicans are now threatening to use the debt ceiling again to basically take the country hostage again. yesterday i compared the debt ceiling -- >> when you talk about the debt ceiling you get very loud. >> i get very emotional. i don't know about that. i do get very emotional. i compared it it to physicianle c fiscal syphilis yesterday. >> i heard your rant. i linked to it on my blog. >> thank you. last time they took the country hostage, it was very damaging, i think, for confidence in our political system, the u.s. credit rating was actually downgraded. it didn't seem to have that much of an impact on the economy. what can we expect if republicans
romney lost the election, but i think he was right about the need to get tough with china. i think that would help up a lot. also, we should open up more offshore areas for drilling, produce more of our own oil, those kinds of things bring down the trade deficit a lot and create the ability to deal with our deficit more reasonably and still provide for people in a more reasonable way. >> so, jared, another area of concern is republicans are now threatening to use the debt ceiling again to...
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he needs more time to get his policies to work and mitt romney saying the policies are not working and this is going to get worse and stagnation is not going to stop. that's why you have to change directions. it's an interesting way. it's tough. one selling optimism and one selling pessimism. how are they going to respond to that? you hear the most optimistic wins, but you don't want to be out of touch. romney has to look like he is not rooting for bad news on the economy as well. two striking visions. >> trying to to the line and it's a thin line. chuck todd helping us understand what is happening. we'll be right back. stay with us as we look at the jobs report and more analysis on what it means. mark zuckerman will join us. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car, and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness, where your price won't increase due to your first accident. we also offer a hassle-free lifetime repair guarantee, where the repairs made on your car are guaranteed for life, or they're on us. these are just two of
he needs more time to get his policies to work and mitt romney saying the policies are not working and this is going to get worse and stagnation is not going to stop. that's why you have to change directions. it's an interesting way. it's tough. one selling optimism and one selling pessimism. how are they going to respond to that? you hear the most optimistic wins, but you don't want to be out of touch. romney has to look like he is not rooting for bad news on the economy as well. two striking...
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and we have the new reports that romney is considering a major foreign policy push this summer. >>> it's been a rough week for both campaigns. for the romney campaign, until today, at least, when the white house got hit with those stagnant job numbers. to put the week in perspective, i'm joined by the national journal's major garrett and susan page, bureau chief of "usa today" . thank you both very much. today we got a new, somewhat new narrative from the president about vacations. he was on his bus trip, he was in ohio, he was reminiscing about vacations and it wasn't martha's vineyard, it was howard johnson's and this is what he had to say today. >> my grandmother and my mom and my sister, we traveled around the country on greyhound buses and on trains, we stayed at howard johnson's and you know, i was 11 and so if there was any kind of swimming pool, it didn't matter how big it was, right, you would spend the whole day there and then you were real excited to go to where the vending machine was and the ice machine and get the ice, and that was like a big deal. >> so that's the presiden
and we have the new reports that romney is considering a major foreign policy push this summer. >>> it's been a rough week for both campaigns. for the romney campaign, until today, at least, when the white house got hit with those stagnant job numbers. to put the week in perspective, i'm joined by the national journal's major garrett and susan page, bureau chief of "usa today" . thank you both very much. today we got a new, somewhat new narrative from the president about...
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it's a whopping 40-point lead over romney among hispanic registered voters. 68% of all americans say they favor the executive order deportation of young illegal immigrants brought as children, among hispanics, it's almost 9 in 10 who favor the new policy. another story likely to get buried at about 10:17 this morning, but still big here in washington barring lack of negotiations, the house will vote on a citation against eric holder. during the rules committee hearing, the committee is charmed with setting up how the vote happens. did the accusations fly. >> this administration trampled on the constitution and on the first amendment and religious rights. if you don't think that this fast and furious and things like it are the beginning of an attack on the second amendment, you haven't evaluated this president. >> you said as recently that you didn't have a scintilla of evidence that this administration either holder or the president had done anything wrong. >> some of that was darrell issa at a separate interview where he lumped issues together. joining me is kelly o'donnell. you are
it's a whopping 40-point lead over romney among hispanic registered voters. 68% of all americans say they favor the executive order deportation of young illegal immigrants brought as children, among hispanics, it's almost 9 in 10 who favor the new policy. another story likely to get buried at about 10:17 this morning, but still big here in washington barring lack of negotiations, the house will vote on a citation against eric holder. during the rules committee hearing, the committee is charmed...
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, just tear apart this notion these policies will fix anything. >> governor romney said today as well if the feds help the economy, that is not president obama. that's bernanke. that's interesting that governor romney would say that, when he's said he wanted to get rid of bernanke. with all of that said, any credit at this point with the fed involvement with the interest rates change whatever? he's saying that's not the president, that is bernanke. we know that in a few of the key battleground states where there's been some turn around where the unemployment is lower than the national average, if there's a republican governor they have taken credit for the success saying, again, it's not the president. not wanting to bif him credit for anything, which is to be expected. >> i mean, it is top expected. here's their problem. it's a credibility gap. i find it kind of ironic that clint eastwood was talking to an empty chair, but when you look at governor romney's policies, it's an empty suit. there's nothing there to them. i think, again, this election, because people realize there's tough
, just tear apart this notion these policies will fix anything. >> governor romney said today as well if the feds help the economy, that is not president obama. that's bernanke. that's interesting that governor romney would say that, when he's said he wanted to get rid of bernanke. with all of that said, any credit at this point with the fed involvement with the interest rates change whatever? he's saying that's not the president, that is bernanke. we know that in a few of the key...
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he also understands mitt romney's policies and the lack of definition. so he has a lot of opportunity to define mitt romney because mitt romney has been so vague. so i would say keep the debate on substance. take it to governor romney on issues like taxes and energy policy where there has been a lack of definition and really communicate to the american people that they can't take a risk on mitt romney. that if you don't know where he stands on taxes and you don't know where he stands on energy, you can't take a risk that he will do the right thing three months, four months from now. >> neera, people keep saying that romney isn't that good but he has shown that he's riz enrisen to the occasion. let me show you some of the clips. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> i would say of the four of us, yes. >> that's simply inexcusable. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales. >> we discover to our shock that mitt romney owns shares of fannie m fannie mae and freddie mac. >> if he comes off aggressive, what should the pre
he also understands mitt romney's policies and the lack of definition. so he has a lot of opportunity to define mitt romney because mitt romney has been so vague. so i would say keep the debate on substance. take it to governor romney on issues like taxes and energy policy where there has been a lack of definition and really communicate to the american people that they can't take a risk on mitt romney. that if you don't know where he stands on taxes and you don't know where he stands on energy,...
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romney called arizona's immigration policy a model for the nation at a debate earlier this year, he managed to issue a statement full of words and fury, but signifying nothing earlier today. quote, president obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. this represents yet another broken promise by this president. i believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its responsibleties. that of course following romney's signature move from now on known as the mitt maneuver claiming the president has failed while always failing to give his own position. last time i checked, arizona was a well populated state with a nump local television affiliates, satellite trucks and radio studios, so just in case you thought he couldn't get to a camera to explain, he just doesn't want to. instead, he sent a spokesman to the back of his plane to refuse to answer for him. >> does he have a reaction as to whether he agrees with this decision? states have the right to craft their immigr
romney called arizona's immigration policy a model for the nation at a debate earlier this year, he managed to issue a statement full of words and fury, but signifying nothing earlier today. quote, president obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. this represents yet another broken promise by this president. i believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its...
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the 47%, the phony romney economic policy, the romney tax giveaway to the rich, on women's rights, on immigration, on the auto bailout. but the most striking response of the whole night came on the suggestion that he played politics over the death of the libyan ambassador. president obama showed presidential leadership and made the governor look small. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also said that we're going to hunt down those who committed this crime. and then a few days later i was there greeting the caskets, coming into andrew's air force base and grieving with the families. and the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president, that's not what i do as commander in chief. >> it was a powerful moment. he took
the 47%, the phony romney economic policy, the romney tax giveaway to the rich, on women's rights, on immigration, on the auto bailout. but the most striking response of the whole night came on the suggestion that he played politics over the death of the libyan ambassador. president obama showed presidential leadership and made the governor look small. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we were going to find...
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actually mitt romney is a bigamistry to us when it comes to foreign policy. in part because republicans are at war amongst themselves. they are not just fighting with barack obama and democrats over what kind of foreign policy e they should have. on the one hand within romney's campaign you have neocon advisers who represent the soul and spirit of bush and cheney. you have tea party types who say let's focus on rebuilding our economy and america at home. and a third category of classic republican realists, if you will, who are more of the liberal internationalist variety. you have all these groups fighting for romney. amazing quotes even in the new york times today from a leading republican foreign policy advocate saying basically, well, we don't know which one romney is. we'd like to say would the real mitt romney stand up. that's from his allies. there is no wonder we are confused about his policies. he has not yet resolved tension within the team. >> that same piece has unnamed romney advisers saying they have talked with him so little on national security
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set policy. >> i'm joining the romney/ryan ticket. and the president makes policy. the president. in this case the future president p. mitt romney, has exceptions for rape and incest. >> who me? i'll just be the vice president. i'm not in charge of anything. the president is in charge. right? funny thing is romney's trying to pass the buck, too, over to the supreme court. >> this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. the democrats trying to make this a political issue every four years. but this is a matter of the courts. it has been settled for? time in the courts. >> don't look at me. i don't wear a black robe or make decisions. i'm just trying to be president. of course, governor romney knows whoever wins this election will likely appoint some supreme court justices and that could tip the scales for or against women's choice once and for all. joining me now is alicia menendez, host and producer at huffington post live. erin pike, reporter for "real clear politics." thank you for being here. should romney worry abou
set policy. >> i'm joining the romney/ryan ticket. and the president makes policy. the president. in this case the future president p. mitt romney, has exceptions for rape and incest. >> who me? i'll just be the vice president. i'm not in charge of anything. the president is in charge. right? funny thing is romney's trying to pass the buck, too, over to the supreme court. >> this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. the democrats trying to make this a...
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>> mitt romney said strange things about foreign policy. his attitude towards afghanistan and what he said he may do with iran. his comments about russia being the greatest foreign policy. i think his credentials are thin and his business experience is not snag he should be very proud of. as governor, his record was 47th in the nation. he outsourced jobs to other countries and closed factories and cost workers their jobs and they are pin-- their pension an health care benefits. he is looking for a way to distinguish himself in a positive light. he stood with the capital in the background right after the supreme court decision and promised on his first day in office he would attempt to take away health care coverage for 30 million americans. that's not a legacy that any president would be proud of. he is struggling obviously. he is struggling in ohio. i think the president is doing well in ohio and will be here this week and will be in sandusky, ohio and looking forward to the president's next visit on thursday of this week. >> as the govern
>> mitt romney said strange things about foreign policy. his attitude towards afghanistan and what he said he may do with iran. his comments about russia being the greatest foreign policy. i think his credentials are thin and his business experience is not snag he should be very proud of. as governor, his record was 47th in the nation. he outsourced jobs to other countries and closed factories and cost workers their jobs and they are pin-- their pension an health care benefits. he is...
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romney's tenth foreign policy speech today. >> that's the lonlcle implication and i think not. i think the american people are not ready for such a war. they'd like things to get better in syria. they'd like the atrocities to stop, and they'd prefer that the outcome be favorable to u.s. interests, but i don't think there's any desire to get into a proxy war. >> indeed. michael, the president urges assad to step down. he supports arab efforts in their opposition to the syrian government. given the instability of libya and egypt, isn't the president's cautious approach to syria the right one unless, and i repeat, unless we want to get involved in another war? >> hi, martin. well, to be honest with you, i think there is a fairly narrow range of disagreement between the two men here because, as you know, if we think about this kind of a war and we think of all of our range of possible interventions, providing or asking our allies to provide a few more weapons is a relatively modest step along the spectrum. we're not talking about american planes creating a no-fly zone in the romney
romney's tenth foreign policy speech today. >> that's the lonlcle implication and i think not. i think the american people are not ready for such a war. they'd like things to get better in syria. they'd like the atrocities to stop, and they'd prefer that the outcome be favorable to u.s. interests, but i don't think there's any desire to get into a proxy war. >> indeed. michael, the president urges assad to step down. he supports arab efforts in their opposition to the syrian...
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that is the policy position of romney. yes, he did very well in his performance, the president did not do so well. but in terms of the essence of what he stands for, he's going to protect the wealthy at the expense of virtually everybody else. >> senator hitchenson, i have to go. i have to leave the last word right there. but we have two more debates. >> oh, no, surely you're not going to let him get by with that without a response. >> senator hitchenson, i have to go. we have two more debates. >> that is absolutely false what he has said. i'm sorry i can't respond. >> we'll leave the last word there. senator bernard sanders, senator kay bailey hutchinson, thank you. >>> up next, we'll talk to former governor charlie chris. plus all a twitter, the debate was the most tweeted political event in history. we'll take a look at the highlights. >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. andrew rosenwach is the fourth-generation owner of rosenwach tanks. you'll find his tanks on hundreds of new york city rooftops.
that is the policy position of romney. yes, he did very well in his performance, the president did not do so well. but in terms of the essence of what he stands for, he's going to protect the wealthy at the expense of virtually everybody else. >> senator hitchenson, i have to go. i have to leave the last word right there. but we have two more debates. >> oh, no, surely you're not going to let him get by with that without a response. >> senator hitchenson, i have to go. we have...
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now, is that the reason governor romney is trying to come on so strong against him on foreign policy? or -- i mean, what are we looking at here? it would seem to me that would be a weak area for romney. >> you would think so but he needs to do the speech because he is heading off on this foreign trip and needs to draw? distinctions that aren't necessarily there. i think the thing that struck me about the speech that's breathtaking level and suggesting it is obama that wants to go and devastate defense spend when that's been brought about by the refusal on governor romney's own side to increase taxes. i think it is important for romney to draw distinctions on foreign poll is because he's not known for having any sort of a foreign policy record. he needs to build up his credentials in that area. hard to see that this is going to be a defining history when the election and to the extent it is that -- the guy who finally got bin laden is going to be at a disadvantage with voters in november. >> bob shrum, dana millbank, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thanks, reverend. >
now, is that the reason governor romney is trying to come on so strong against him on foreign policy? or -- i mean, what are we looking at here? it would seem to me that would be a weak area for romney. >> you would think so but he needs to do the speech because he is heading off on this foreign trip and needs to draw? distinctions that aren't necessarily there. i think the thing that struck me about the speech that's breathtaking level and suggesting it is obama that wants to go and...
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romney should not be underestimated on the subject of foreign policy. quote, he's a well traveled businessman. he lived overseas as a young man. what that referenced to, he spent time as a missionary in france. the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he understands the world, the idea that he's this naive guy at 65 years old given his experience heading the olympic winter games and everything else, i just don't think that's going to play. while it's true the olympic games that mr. romney ran included people from other countries, it did involve people from the other countries coming to america to compete in utah, which is where those games were run. if that counts as international experience, so should working at an airport or driving a tour bus in a major american city. maybe holding a meeting at the international house of pancakes. would that count? the campaign is choosing not to compete for the presidency on the basis of foreign policy. and whether or not you were hoping republicans win the presidency, that decision to not compete on that is
romney should not be underestimated on the subject of foreign policy. quote, he's a well traveled businessman. he lived overseas as a young man. what that referenced to, he spent time as a missionary in france. the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he understands the world, the idea that he's this naive guy at 65 years old given his experience heading the olympic winter games and everything else, i just don't think that's going to play. while it's true the olympic games that mr....
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he would do as president. >> what makes the romney foreign policy difference? i think the confusion for a lot of foreign policy wonks on the republican side, he didn't lay out a foreign policy, particularly one that was distinctive from -- >> well, if they listened, they would have heard it. >> let's go country by country. >> what did they miss? >> in libya, he made it clear that the silly thing to do is try to lead from behind. what the united states should have done is been much more definitive at the front end, been much more a part of selecting which one of the option teams, opposition groups would end up being in power. we left it to the europeans, look at the mess. in syria, he criticized the president for waiting a year before saying assad had to go, from being aggressive, supporting the more rational components and providing assistance there. >> not providing assistance. he himself said he wouldn't provide military assistance in syria. >> no, he said he would provide assistance. in russia he made it clear that he understands that putin has ambitions to
he would do as president. >> what makes the romney foreign policy difference? i think the confusion for a lot of foreign policy wonks on the republican side, he didn't lay out a foreign policy, particularly one that was distinctive from -- >> well, if they listened, they would have heard it. >> let's go country by country. >> what did they miss? >> in libya, he made it clear that the silly thing to do is try to lead from behind. what the united states should have...
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mitt romney is reportedly planning a big foreign policy push this summer, including a major speech in great minute. is he moving away from his message of solely attacking the president on the economy. >>> plus, the syria files. wikileaks releasing 2 million e-mails described as, quote, embarrassing from syrian government officials. we'll find out what they contain, next. hair breaks. ♪ oh oh oh oh you see it in the brush. ♪ oh oh oh oh ooh oh and then there's the pillow. ♪ i dare you to dare me so they dared me to try this pantene. [ female announcer ] pantene anti-breakage the keratin protection system makes hair stronger reducing breakage up to 97%. ♪ think only salon brands can do that? i dare to compare... will you? [ female announcer ] anti-breakage from pantene. hair so healthy it shines. [ female announcer ] anti-breakage from pantene. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪ ♪ used to rock the microphone ♪ back when our credit score co
mitt romney is reportedly planning a big foreign policy push this summer, including a major speech in great minute. is he moving away from his message of solely attacking the president on the economy. >>> plus, the syria files. wikileaks releasing 2 million e-mails described as, quote, embarrassing from syrian government officials. we'll find out what they contain, next. hair breaks. ♪ oh oh oh oh you see it in the brush. ♪ oh oh oh oh ooh oh and then there's the pillow. ♪ i dare...
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what is governor romney's immigration policy if he's elected? >> i think he spelled it out in the debate. for legal immigration. he explained that the wife's father was an immigrant and important to give 'em employeers the tools to determine if the folks hiring are here legally. that's laid out last night. >> eugene, self deportation doesn't mean self deportation and supports a version of the dream act. is there a definitive policy that this candidate has discussed regarding immigration or are people like jonathan picking at pieces and not forming a total story after what his immigration policy would be? >> there was a definitive policy back in the primaries. mitt romney would have vetoed the dream act. his policy for dealing with it, 12 million illegal immigrants is self deportation, essentially making it uncomfortable for those people to be here and leave and go home. that was the policy and for obvious reasons, he'd like to soften it now. but he didn't. it's interesting that in the debate when given the opportunity he didn't go there. he didn
what is governor romney's immigration policy if he's elected? >> i think he spelled it out in the debate. for legal immigration. he explained that the wife's father was an immigrant and important to give 'em employeers the tools to determine if the folks hiring are here legally. that's laid out last night. >> eugene, self deportation doesn't mean self deportation and supports a version of the dream act. is there a definitive policy that this candidate has discussed regarding...
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on the actual policies, i don't think romney has been able to make a big contrast. in the last debate where this will come to romney to make that contrast beyond just the rhetorical differences of style and attitude, which he's clearly trying to make. >> i would love to have you both back after that last debate. it will be fascinating to see how that plays out. we've got that town hall style coming up next week. thank you, gentlemen. good to see you both. >>> what did the bosses think of biden and ryan's performances? you probably guessed. anyway, here is president obama last night. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of him. i thought he made a very strong case. >> as for romney, his camp says the governor called ryan and congratulated him on what he called, quote, a fantastic showing. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup ca
on the actual policies, i don't think romney has been able to make a big contrast. in the last debate where this will come to romney to make that contrast beyond just the rhetorical differences of style and attitude, which he's clearly trying to make. >> i would love to have you both back after that last debate. it will be fascinating to see how that plays out. we've got that town hall style coming up next week. thank you, gentlemen. good to see you both. >>> what did the bosses...
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governor romney's foreign policy has been wrong and reckless. last night, he was all over the map. did you notice that? during the debate, he said he didn't want more troops in iraq. but he was caught on video saying it was unthinkable not to leave 20,000 troops in iraq. troops that would still be there today. last night, he claimed to support my plan to end the war in afghanistan. i'm glad he supports it. but he's opposed a timeline that would actually bring our troops home. early in this campaign, he said he'd do the opposite of whatever i did in israel. but last night, i reminded him that cooperation with israel's never been stronger. last night, he said he always supported taking on osama bin laden. but in 2007, he said it wasn't worth moving heaven and earth to catch one man. now, we've come up with a name for this condition. it's called amnesia. we had a severe outbreak last night. it was at least stage three rom-nesia. and i just want to go over with you some of the symptoms, delray, because i want to make sure nobody in the surrounding area catches it. if you say that you l
governor romney's foreign policy has been wrong and reckless. last night, he was all over the map. did you notice that? during the debate, he said he didn't want more troops in iraq. but he was caught on video saying it was unthinkable not to leave 20,000 troops in iraq. troops that would still be there today. last night, he claimed to support my plan to end the war in afghanistan. i'm glad he supports it. but he's opposed a timeline that would actually bring our troops home. early in this...
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>> let me explain it that way, the position romney is taking on any foreign policy issue is he disagrees with president obama regardless of president obama's position on this. afghanistan. he disagrees with it. what would he do differently? >> nothing. >> we don't know. he disagrees with the position on iran, on israel. what would he do differently? nothing, because the united states are at the mercy of events unless he is going to reinstate the neocon advisers. >> 17 of the 24 advised president bush. >> and we saw what the results of that were. yes, you can shape events and you can invade iraq and we see years later what the consequences of that were. so short of that, he does not -- of starting a new war, he doesn't really have another policy option. >> excellent. professor dyson, romney has claimed that the president belittled the deaths of ambassador stevens and three other americans when he spoke of the middle east experiencing bumps in the road. that's obviously a desperate attempt to undermine the president on foreign policy. and yet at the same time, sir, mr. romney thinks nothin
>> let me explain it that way, the position romney is taking on any foreign policy issue is he disagrees with president obama regardless of president obama's position on this. afghanistan. he disagrees with it. what would he do differently? >> nothing. >> we don't know. he disagrees with the position on iran, on israel. what would he do differently? nothing, because the united states are at the mercy of events unless he is going to reinstate the neocon advisers. >> 17 of...
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mitt romney. i think the party has to come back towards the center lis to people listen to like jeb bush who say we have got to moderate ourselves. weto you know tone it theyx have to go through somee they ares of their me latinos. >> and find rig and sell that to tcoun we're going to be with much more here on msnbc, the place r politics.campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over and over again.yu ♪ ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. ee what's new what soup can do. s:x follow the wings. . under crashe [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeownersects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. f only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. ing a closewe're watching on wall street day. as see the dow down 350 points today. but look at this. red arrows acrod. ab place in europe. also coinciding with reaction to the presidentl election. but s
mitt romney. i think the party has to come back towards the center lis to people listen to like jeb bush who say we have got to moderate ourselves. weto you know tone it theyx have to go through somee they ares of their me latinos. >> and find rig and sell that to tcoun we're going to be with much more here on msnbc, the place r politics.campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over and over again.yu ♪ ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. ee what's new what...
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but rather about mitt romney's finances, about mitt romney personally and mitt romney's policies the democrats could argue the country would like even less than what the president's done. i don't think they've knocked him out. i think they've laid down a solid foundation. if romney hits his marks, the convention speech debates. i think he probably would win. but i think the president and his allies and staff are doing and will continue to do a pretty aggressive job defining the election on their terms. >> same to you, gene. i wonder. can you knock the guy out even if you have a fantastic august blasting the guy? can you knock him out of the ring he can't come back no matter what he does? >> i think you can. i don't think the obama campaign has definitively knocked him out. he's not knocked out. i think he's been damaged. look, obama won the summer. he has won the summer. romney wants to win the fall. >> i love the way they do this. i didn't think you could do it in a presidential election this early. let's look at a gallup poll late last month on who was more likab likable. twice as
but rather about mitt romney's finances, about mitt romney personally and mitt romney's policies the democrats could argue the country would like even less than what the president's done. i don't think they've knocked him out. i think they've laid down a solid foundation. if romney hits his marks, the convention speech debates. i think he probably would win. but i think the president and his allies and staff are doing and will continue to do a pretty aggressive job defining the election on...
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more than 700 top fund-raisers for mitt romney gathered in park city, utah. two days of campaign strategy and policy issue and an opportunity for donors to rub shoulders with every republican in the running to be mitt romney's number two. >> it's a rally, if you will, of his best supporters and a briefing on the issues. >> meyers who is running the process was there with every republican thought to be under consideration to be the partner on the ticket. look at that list of folks. among the highlights of the day was a lunchtime speech by someone who took herself off the short list. the former secretary of state received not one, but two standing ovations. one described it as exhilarating. they defended the business record saying according to the "wall street journal," barack obama does not understand the narrative of america. the narrative of america is not i am doing poorly because you are doing well. maybe most strike was the attendance of the super pac men. karl rove was there and charlie was spotted in the hotel lobby. they confirmed he was in the lobby a
more than 700 top fund-raisers for mitt romney gathered in park city, utah. two days of campaign strategy and policy issue and an opportunity for donors to rub shoulders with every republican in the running to be mitt romney's number two. >> it's a rally, if you will, of his best supporters and a briefing on the issues. >> meyers who is running the process was there with every republican thought to be under consideration to be the partner on the ticket. look at that list of folks....
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what shocks me, you know, romney has no foreign policy background, but he's an intelligent guy. he's had plenty of time to get up to speed on these wmajor issues he knew he'd have to confront in the campaign, but more important, he'd have to confront if he was president of the united states. he has not demonstrated he has mastered any of these issues. >> even when it comes to the mores of appropriate and serious behavior when confronted with a vie le violent attack on an american interest. if you don't know what to do, fake it until you make it. follow what the adults are doing. it's not that hard. pretend. copy old tape. bob herbert. thanks for being here, robert. >>> every detail we could find plus the relevant context about today's anti-american protests, the latest blasphemous material pushed out in the world just to cause a provocation. some of this you will not have heard. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. wh
what shocks me, you know, romney has no foreign policy background, but he's an intelligent guy. he's had plenty of time to get up to speed on these wmajor issues he knew he'd have to confront in the campaign, but more important, he'd have to confront if he was president of the united states. he has not demonstrated he has mastered any of these issues. >> even when it comes to the mores of appropriate and serious behavior when confronted with a vie le violent attack on an american...
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what's wrong is that romney's policies are aimed to benefit the 1%. the people who can donate $25,000 a head. they get a say. the rest of us, no dice. no wonder he says corporations are people. no wonder he thinks we don't need more firefighters. no wonder he makes $10,000 bets. and according to newspaper reports, this event seemed right out of the pages of "the great gatsby." the lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile. running over brick yards and burning gardens finally reached a house drifting up the side in bright vines as those from the momentum of its run. in fact, the romney event was so unbelievable that i brought in some of our friends from the political subverseties to do a reenactment. you're going to hear things that they said at the fund raiser. these are real quotes. >> i don't think the common person is getting it. we've got the message. but my college kid, the babysitter, the nails ladies, all these people who have the right to vote, they don't get what's going on. i just feel that if you're low
what's wrong is that romney's policies are aimed to benefit the 1%. the people who can donate $25,000 a head. they get a say. the rest of us, no dice. no wonder he says corporations are people. no wonder he thinks we don't need more firefighters. no wonder he makes $10,000 bets. and according to newspaper reports, this event seemed right out of the pages of "the great gatsby." the lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile. running over brick yards...
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the problem is that mitt romney really doesn't seem deeply engaged on foreign policy issues. it's not something that he cares a lot about, that he's particularly interested in. what really struck me in this regard was when he was talking about his own iran policy and speaking to george sthe forgot and messed up his own iran foreign policy. lots of candidates don't write their own foreign policy briefing notes, but he didn't even seem to read him own. that's emblem mattic for a problem for the governor that will show up in the debate. >> do you think the winner here will be the person, the candidate that coming up with more substance on these issues or is able to make these ideas, which are not often talked about the economy being the top issue right now, the candidate that can really make it tangible, as i was discussing at the top of the show? >> i don't think there's always a strong relationship between the candidate who speaks with the greatest depth about these issues and the one that comes across the winner. for example, i think the benghazi issue has real traction, and
the problem is that mitt romney really doesn't seem deeply engaged on foreign policy issues. it's not something that he cares a lot about, that he's particularly interested in. what really struck me in this regard was when he was talking about his own iran policy and speaking to george sthe forgot and messed up his own iran foreign policy. lots of candidates don't write their own foreign policy briefing notes, but he didn't even seem to read him own. that's emblem mattic for a problem for the...
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. >> romney heads to jerusalem tomorrow as part of an international trip to boost his foreign policy credentials. now he's still in the u.k. backtracking from his comments that he was disconcerted about some of the security problems leading up to the games. >> after being here a couple of days it, looks to me london is ready. it is hard to put on gams in a large metropolitan area. what i find so impressive, they took the games and put them right in the middle of the people. >> joining me is garrett in london. it's been hard to keep up with the british headlines, isn't it? >> it is. mitt romney has sent every opportunity to walk back that comments. he told matt lauer this morning he was absolutely convinced london was ready to host the games, which will start in the stadium over my shoulders here in about two hours. when it comes to israel, you mentioned the agreement signed by the president improving american and israeli security relations. the romney camp sees this as a preemptive strike before governor romney arrives on saturday. they released a statement there saying this agreemen
. >> romney heads to jerusalem tomorrow as part of an international trip to boost his foreign policy credentials. now he's still in the u.k. backtracking from his comments that he was disconcerted about some of the security problems leading up to the games. >> after being here a couple of days it, looks to me london is ready. it is hard to put on gams in a large metropolitan area. what i find so impressive, they took the games and put them right in the middle of the people. >>...
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they found scientific american that is, found mitt romney's science policies were more specific and more feasible than the president's but obama scored higher when it came to scientific accuracy. what has been most surprising is how anti-science politics has become and how scientific facts seem up for debate. this is happening during an election where the economy is an especially large factor. half of our economic growth since world world 2 is traced back to innovations in science. we could litigate sort of all of the specific questions here, science questions and the fact that are being disputed. i think there's a much larger point here. it's not necessarily a new one. it's just that instead of having facts about, say, climate change inform the discussion and inform the policy making, basically we've reached a point where you have a choice. you can accept the facts and play along or you can deny the facts, you can create your own, and you're going to have a massive constituency for it. that ends up affecting the overall policy debate, and i just haven't seen a voice or an institution or
they found scientific american that is, found mitt romney's science policies were more specific and more feasible than the president's but obama scored higher when it came to scientific accuracy. what has been most surprising is how anti-science politics has become and how scientific facts seem up for debate. this is happening during an election where the economy is an especially large factor. half of our economic growth since world world 2 is traced back to innovations in science. we could...
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there it is. >> the oe obama and the romney policy. >> the country split down the middle. >> democrats versus americans. everybody will want to see the issue of the economy and republicans plus six. is that a big enough lead? >> usually around plus nine you start winning campaigns. plus 6 is terrific. who handles the economy goes back and forth and it's a predictor of the direction of the cycle. to me that's the most -- one of the most important in the series and a positive for mitt romney and a positive for the republican party. >> one counter, the strongest party performance on an issue is looking out for the middle class. there is the counter. how important is that number? >> look at it. the party in that administration is putting a lot on the fact that this is about who is for you. that involves economy and jbs and other issues to which the party has an advantage. >> the top advantages that are controlling the spending and reducing the deficit. not surprising. it surprised me dealing with terrorism as the third biggest strength considering everything that happened on obama's watch.
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. >> dana, to that point, you wrote in krur column today about romney's foreign policy speech yesterday and you detailed some of the many dramatic changes in position in foreign policy that he's taken over the course of this campaign. you wrote in part, scrubbing one's brain clean of previous positions has been mitt romney stock and trade, in fact, his foreign policy speech monday to the virginia military institute was one long gargle and rinse of the candidates' previous positions. the upcoming debates are going to have a foreign policy focus. do you think that the speech yesterday actually opened him up to a line of attack from the president? >> well, to some extent, but, look. i don't think this election even as we look at it four weeks from now is going to be about foreign policy. it will be maybe about the changes in position. will it be about the changes in position on the 47% and on taxes and on other things? also, the brainwashing has occurred over a period of time. he didn't just fundamentally come out yesterday and chuck everything. he was evolving towards these new positions,
. >> dana, to that point, you wrote in krur column today about romney's foreign policy speech yesterday and you detailed some of the many dramatic changes in position in foreign policy that he's taken over the course of this campaign. you wrote in part, scrubbing one's brain clean of previous positions has been mitt romney stock and trade, in fact, his foreign policy speech monday to the virginia military institute was one long gargle and rinse of the candidates' previous positions. the...
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but has no idea what mitt romney's real policies are. p. >> you don't think there will be a better prepared president obama on stage next week? >> when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. >> lazy. not that bright. this is the president of the united states he's talking about. he was pressed about .comment. >> did you really need to call the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, you know, they're making me do this work. he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> now, we've seen this disrespect right from day one. it cannot be tolerated. mitt romney must denounce a n sununu's ugly talk. joining me now, opinion writer from the "washington post," and victoria defrancesco, a fellow at the university of texas and an msnbc contributor. thanks both of you for being here tonight. jonathan, calling the president lazy. how does governor romney allow this to be said on his behalf? >> he just allows to be said. t
but has no idea what mitt romney's real policies are. p. >> you don't think there will be a better prepared president obama on stage next week? >> when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. >> lazy. not that bright. this is the president of the united states he's talking about. he was pressed about .comment. >> did you really need to call the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. i think you saw him admit it the night before when he...
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we'll look for the president to go on offense against mitt romney on foreign policy. >> let's talk a little more about the president and his strategy and maybe we got at least in a joke a little preview of it at the al smith dinner. take a listen. >> monday's debate is different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert, we got bin laden. >> so i'm guessing we'll hear that again. how many times and what does the president have to do? >> yeah, you know, i think the president has to passaic some kind of a case there's coherence to his foreign policy form. there's a biting essay in foreign policy by one of his own advisers who said there's complete into her rens in philosophy and practice in the president's application of foreign policy. i look for mitt romney to quote from that. but he will, i think, right, hit romney for having what's essentially a more interventionist foreign policy. what goes unspoken here or unsaid in a bipartisan election the way we have right now there is no voice for people saying we're over stretched. maybe we can't control, dictate the world's event a
we'll look for the president to go on offense against mitt romney on foreign policy. >> let's talk a little more about the president and his strategy and maybe we got at least in a joke a little preview of it at the al smith dinner. take a listen. >> monday's debate is different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert, we got bin laden. >> so i'm guessing we'll hear that again. how many times and what does the president have to do? >> yeah, you know, i think...
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and mitt romney had an editorial this morning in the "wall street journal" where he decries obama's policy toward china as one of being supine in the face of this rising tyrannical being. although, meanwhile as we know the new leader of china mr. xi has spent the night in iowa, which i find as a delightful irony. >> well, and it's funny you bring up the romney op-ed. he writes this morning, unless china changes its ways on day one of my presidency, i'll designate it a currency manipulator and take a counter action. i cannot tolerate our current trade surrender. this is my sixth presidential election covering, and kand d e candidates bash the heck out of candidates when they're not in the oval office. george w. bush did it in 2000, barack obama did it in 2008, and now we have -- and every one of them changes their tune whenever they actually get into the oval office. >> you're exactly right. it's so easy to make these sort of intense statements on the campaign trail because as we know it really is just words. what a candidate says on the campaign trail has zero immediate policy implications
and mitt romney had an editorial this morning in the "wall street journal" where he decries obama's policy toward china as one of being supine in the face of this rising tyrannical being. although, meanwhile as we know the new leader of china mr. xi has spent the night in iowa, which i find as a delightful irony. >> well, and it's funny you bring up the romney op-ed. he writes this morning, unless china changes its ways on day one of my presidency, i'll designate it a currency...
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mitt romney's playing politics with foreign policy. tonight's debate topic is foreign policy, an area where the president has proven himself time and time again. it's a different story for governor romney. he stumbled on international affairs throughout this campaign. and he has shown an unsteady hand on the tragedy in libya. unsteady and highly political. just hours after ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, mr. romney rushed out a statement in which he accused the president of, quote, sympathizing with those who waged the attack. of course that was blatantly political. republicans cooked up a dishonest talking point, claiming officials created a coverup on the attack by initially leaking the libya attack to protests over an anti muslim video. >> i don't think that they should have sent their u.n. ambassador out five days later to say that this was from a spontaneous mob reacting to a youtube video. >> i think you need to ask yourself, why didn't we know five days lat
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. >> mitt romney says the held care law is bad policy for the country, but is it good politics for him? and what's his plan to replace the law? he plans to repeal if elected. good morning. happy fourth of july week. >> thank you, chuck. let me start with this issue that we saw gobbled up a lot of time on the sunday shows which is is the mandate a tax or penalty? you work for governor romney in massachusetts. what did you call it in massachusetts? was the mandate, was it a tax or penalty? what did you call it in massachusetts? >> first let me say that when the supreme court ruling came down last week within an hour or two, governor romney went before the cameras and said he disagreed with the findings of the ruling, he disagreed with the logic. he agreed with the dissent and the dissent clearly stated that the mandate was not a tax. i do think that president obama's position is contradictory and unsustainable. on the one hand the team is celebrating the majority opinion of the court. they accept the opinion of the court but they argue against the central premise. >> but what did you cal
. >> mitt romney says the held care law is bad policy for the country, but is it good politics for him? and what's his plan to replace the law? he plans to repeal if elected. good morning. happy fourth of july week. >> thank you, chuck. let me start with this issue that we saw gobbled up a lot of time on the sunday shows which is is the mandate a tax or penalty? you work for governor romney in massachusetts. what did you call it in massachusetts? was the mandate, was it a tax or...
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what's your policy? get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. >>> welcome back. now that governor romney's got his running mate, the money race to november is on. and we know the gop has big money. romney's always had the billionaire boys club on his side. from casino mogul sheldon adelson to the koch brothers to bain capital. the president's got a secret weapon of his own. hollywood. this year it includes tyler perry. who hosted an event for the president in his atlanta home. george clooney who hosted a $15 million star studded obama fund raiser. and movie mogul harvey wienstein who joined vogue magazine's editor in a fund raiser this month. meantime, the hollywood reporter says concern over the radical agenda will move more supporters to get active. joining me now is actress sanaa lathan. she this week joins the cast of the political drama "boss" which stars kelsey grammer as the ruthless, corrupt mayor of chicago. 2008, she lathan, served as one of president obam
what's your policy? get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. >>> welcome back. now that governor romney's got his running mate, the money race to november is on. and we know the gop has big money. romney's always had the billionaire boys club on his side. from casino mogul sheldon adelson to the koch brothers to bain capital. the president's got a secret weapon of his own. hollywood. this year it includes tyler perry. who hosted an event for the...
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and then finally, romney foreign policy adviser saying in part, quote, for the first time since jimmy carter, we've had an american ambassador assassina d assassinated. chip, is this effective? >> yeah, and i think it goes in to a larger narrative that you've seen even from the first campaign that barack obama was going to be a one term president just like dramatic pause, like yourself, jimmy carter. not only was it foreign policy, buts it was also the economy and as you know, jimmy carter had a terrible economy. barack obama has shuttled in a pretty bad economy for us. unemployment is high. so it's not just on foreignle policy, but everything they can tie into jimmy carter. the challenge with that, and i'm sure chris will get into this, that was a long time ago and i'm not sure a lot of the voter out there remember jimmy cartkacart. >> he led me to my point. is this an effective line of attack that helps get mitt romney back into this race? >> if this is their strategy, they won't be in the race very much. the reality is if you ask voters, and this is the interesting thing and most r
and then finally, romney foreign policy adviser saying in part, quote, for the first time since jimmy carter, we've had an american ambassador assassina d assassinated. chip, is this effective? >> yeah, and i think it goes in to a larger narrative that you've seen even from the first campaign that barack obama was going to be a one term president just like dramatic pause, like yourself, jimmy carter. not only was it foreign policy, buts it was also the economy and as you know, jimmy...
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. >> one way he would encourage pro life policies romney has argued would be to appoint justices to the supreme court in order to overturn roe v. wade. >> in my view if we had justices like robert, alito, thomas and scalia and more justices like that they my decide to return this to states as opposed to saying it's in the constitution, do i believe we should overturn roe v. wade, yes, i do. >> would you have supported a constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception. >> absolutely. >> back in 2007, in vintage romney rhetoric he said he would be, quote, delighted to put into place a ban on abortions. >> i would welcome a circumstance where there was such a consensus in this country we said we don't want to have abortion in this country at all period. i would be delighted. >> would you sign a bill? >> i would be delighted to sign that bill. >> what's, perhaps, most fas nating about the merry go mitt the ride has come full circle. a mitt romney who would not restrict abortion laws would be the same mitt romney who ran for governor 2002. >> i will
. >> one way he would encourage pro life policies romney has argued would be to appoint justices to the supreme court in order to overturn roe v. wade. >> in my view if we had justices like robert, alito, thomas and scalia and more justices like that they my decide to return this to states as opposed to saying it's in the constitution, do i believe we should overturn roe v. wade, yes, i do. >> would you have supported a constitutional amendment that would have established the...
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and romney seems totally not to understand that. he -- it seems dangerously shallow and uninformed when it comes to foreign policy. it seems to have no idea of what diplomacy is. >> and eugene, for the benefit of our viewers they should know you spent a considerable a lot of your career as a foreign editor, so you know this area very, very well. let's look back at cairo, that are live, these are complex situations, we have already seen what has happened in relation to mitt romney, but this regeneral pl region actually represents a challenge for the president. >> people who are murdering and acting as mobs, they need to be condemned, they need to be quelled you need stable governments that -- that this country can help with in terms of training out police forces and that kind of thing, there is also as part of any democracy getting rooted, a need for again, a country like america, and america has traditionally played this role, in establi establishing a civil society. some of those parties as they were in europe, they not be entirely
and romney seems totally not to understand that. he -- it seems dangerously shallow and uninformed when it comes to foreign policy. it seems to have no idea of what diplomacy is. >> and eugene, for the benefit of our viewers they should know you spent a considerable a lot of your career as a foreign editor, so you know this area very, very well. let's look back at cairo, that are live, these are complex situations, we have already seen what has happened in relation to mitt romney, but...
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it also makes for bad policy. we should all be worried about what romney is hiding for plans in the economy and plans for the country. joining me now is dana milbank, columnist for the washington post. dana, let's start with you. how does all this secrecy effect in rounding out the portrait of willard mitt romney? >> well, look. the retroactive retirement is a powerful concept. what this means is mitt romney is potentially a time traveler and can go back in time and change history. the next thing we can expect is he'll go back in time and take his dog off the roof of the family car. assuming he cannot do that, however, he does seem to have this repeated problem with not getting information out there. i don't know why it keeps happening. whatever's in those tax returns, it can't be as bad as the bleeding he's going to be suffering every day. and he's going to be forced to release them in some form anyway. he's fallen into the trap that the obama campaign has laid for him quite masterfully. and i don't see how he ge
it also makes for bad policy. we should all be worried about what romney is hiding for plans in the economy and plans for the country. joining me now is dana milbank, columnist for the washington post. dana, let's start with you. how does all this secrecy effect in rounding out the portrait of willard mitt romney? >> well, look. the retroactive retirement is a powerful concept. what this means is mitt romney is potentially a time traveler and can go back in time and change history. the...
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romney's policies will do better. he can't give specifics because he knows that opens him up for fire, especially when it come dose mess tick programs which people greatly need right now. there you have an opening for democrats, chris, so surely you will capitalize on it. >> well, i think democrats in the obama campaign already are. i think the obama campaign has done a pretty good job at defining mitt romney much better than the romney campaign has. it speaks to a bigger problem and the bigger problem is they don't have a narrative message of where they're going to leave the country, whatç impact the policies will have. i think this is a mistake campaigns sometimes make. it's unbelievable that a presidential campaign is making this mistake. >> chris, if those mistakes are as glaring as you point out, we can quickly point to a number of polls that still show this race is next and neck. albeit, the president is in office and his record stands an people have more to chew on regarding whether they're happy with the job
romney's policies will do better. he can't give specifics because he knows that opens him up for fire, especially when it come dose mess tick programs which people greatly need right now. there you have an opening for democrats, chris, so surely you will capitalize on it. >> well, i think democrats in the obama campaign already are. i think the obama campaign has done a pretty good job at defining mitt romney much better than the romney campaign has. it speaks to a bigger problem and the...
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romney will continue to stay silent on matters of policy. the second pillar to the romney campaign is to rely upon certain measures that will have the affect of suppressing the vote of democratic support certifies. thus far, ten states, all republican, have passed strict photo i.d. laws. this, despite the fact that two out of every three americans do not own a passport. one-fifth of 18 to 21-year-olds do not have a driver's license. and 25% of african-american voters do not possess the type of identification that's required under these laws. mitt romney doesn't give detailed answers because that's not how he plans to win this election. his campaign is built on two pillars, money and manipulation. in fact, let's be honest. you're more likely to see the lockness monster than you are to see the loopholes that mr. romney plans to close. thanks so much for watching
romney will continue to stay silent on matters of policy. the second pillar to the romney campaign is to rely upon certain measures that will have the affect of suppressing the vote of democratic support certifies. thus far, ten states, all republican, have passed strict photo i.d. laws. this, despite the fact that two out of every three americans do not own a passport. one-fifth of 18 to 21-year-olds do not have a driver's license. and 25% of african-american voters do not possess the type of...
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paul ryan was forced to answer questions about these policies, policies the romney/ryan ticket doesn't want to talk about. today congressman todd akin was back on tv apologizing for his remarks on forced rape but refusing to do the disappearing act the republican party is so desperate for. we learned he will give into the pressure by not attending the convention next week, but even if akin is not there, for paul ryan there's no hiding his policy connections with akin. it only got worse when he talked to reporters. >> his statements were outrageous, over the pale. i don't know anybody that would agree with that. rape is rape. >> you sponsored language forcible rape. >> rape is rape period. >> that forcible rape language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape, and there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> rape is rape, and there's no splitting heiairs over rape. that is no way mr. ryan's record shows. last year he co-sponsored the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. the original wording of that bill said that an abortion could be paid for by federal dollars if the pregnancy o
paul ryan was forced to answer questions about these policies, policies the romney/ryan ticket doesn't want to talk about. today congressman todd akin was back on tv apologizing for his remarks on forced rape but refusing to do the disappearing act the republican party is so desperate for. we learned he will give into the pressure by not attending the convention next week, but even if akin is not there, for paul ryan there's no hiding his policy connections with akin. it only got worse when he...
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two words on governor romney's foreign policy record, blunder and bluster. he alienated our closest allies. he said he wouldn't move heaven and earth to get bin laden. he called russia and not al qaeda our greatest foe. the american people see a strong contrast in the debate on monday night. >> that assessment notwithstanding of the governor, there's a new poll that shows mitt romney has closed the gap in many areas of foreign policy. how is the president lost his edge in what was previously assumed to be one of his greatest strengths and then you add to that the president making a remark on "the daily show" that republicans today are seizing on. here's that. >> i would say even you would admit it was not the optimal response to the american people as far as us all being on the same page. >> here's what i'll say. if four americans get killed, it's not optimal. >> right. >> we're going to fix it. >> all of it. >> all of it. >> now, of course you probably don't want to comment on that optimal line because it's clear he was responding to what was being used by
two words on governor romney's foreign policy record, blunder and bluster. he alienated our closest allies. he said he wouldn't move heaven and earth to get bin laden. he called russia and not al qaeda our greatest foe. the american people see a strong contrast in the debate on monday night. >> that assessment notwithstanding of the governor, there's a new poll that shows mitt romney has closed the gap in many areas of foreign policy. how is the president lost his edge in what was...
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the romney campaign billed today's speech by romney as a major foreign policy address. what did we learn with his policy today? let's take a listen. >> the president has failed to offer the tangible support that our partners want and need. america's ability to influence events for the better in iraq has been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal of our entire troop presence. the president has also failed to lead in syria where more than 30,000 men, women, and children have been massacred by the assad regime over the past 20 months. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. >> well, you got to wonder about that guy. we should have
the romney campaign billed today's speech by romney as a major foreign policy address. what did we learn with his policy today? let's take a listen. >> the president has failed to offer the tangible support that our partners want and need. america's ability to influence events for the better in iraq has been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal of our entire troop presence. the president has also failed to lead in syria where more than 30,000 men, women, and children have been massacred by...